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Mariah Karis is Senior Associate of Programs, where she currently runs Born This Way Foundation’s Global Youth Advisory Board program and hosts the monthly Channel Kindness Storytellers Club writing workshops, offering virtual workshop options and in-person sessions for schools and organizations upon request. Additionally, she has taught theatre education and produced musical productions for over 3000 young people as a guest teaching artist at schools and arts organizations in 13 U.S. states, British Columbia, and Italy. She holds a BA in Journalism from the University of Montana. Additionally, she’s taken advanced creative writing courses from UCLA Extension Writers’ Program and Gotham Writers in New York City. Mariah has also received public speaking instruction from New York Speech Coaching.